The Complete Step-by-Step Guide To Publishing Books, Articles & Other Content for the Amazon Kindle (Creating Your Own Success Story with New Technologies) | 
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List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 46094
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: Revised May 31, 2008
ASIN: B0013IHXSA
Publication Date: May 31, 2008
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Here's the do-it-yourself guide to creating your own success story with new technologies: the book that is helping thousands of authors and publishers to make a smooth and profitable transition to the digital publishing future, by Stephen Windwalker, the man who has learned from his experiences as an author, bookseller, and publishing executive to sell more copies than any other author in Amazon's Kindle Bookstore. Chapters include: A Step-by-Step Approach to Publishing a Kindle Edition of Your Book or Document, Publishing Your Fiction on the Kindle Platform, Start Earning a Living Today Writing Articles for the Kindle, The Business Side of Kindle Publishing, and Rebel Distribution and Amazon's Marketplace of the Mind: Why You Need a Publisher Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle. This handy manual runs 142-pages in print-length; 41,000 words.
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 The best, by far, advice now available for publishing on Kindle! September 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For a couple days there was a terrible warp in the Kindle Cosmos and it mixed up my review of this great book with another terrific piece by Paula Berinstein Point of View in Fiction Writing.
Although both are great buys for the money, this one is the Bible for publishing on Kindle and is an absolute must buy if you have any thoughts of earning any money or fame with your writing.
Windlwalker has already had a profound effect on me. I have written a radio cinema play, Travels West With Travis C. Ward that I will very soon publish on Kindle and that I also am converting into a full-blown novel for Kindle. Without Windwalker, I'd have never had the gumption!
By the way, without the great tips by Paula Berinstein (The Writing Show podcast), Michael A. Stackpole (produces Secrets Podcast for Writers and NYT Bestselling author of at least 38 fantasy and science fiction books) and Tee Morris, (The Survival Guide To Fantasy and Dummy's Guide to Podcasting) I am convinced I would not be tackling my passion. Why not?
Folks, I am incredibly busy as a health, safety and environmental protection manager for the new international airport in Tripoli, Libya. Except for my passion to express myself in print I would have no time to devote such efforts.
Hence, if you appreciate this review, it's great if you tell me but better even if you simply buy Mr. Windwalker's great book!
Hit The Mark For Me! August 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having already published a paperback and ebook (DEO VINDICE) and nearing completion of a second book, I wondered if KINDLE was truly a way to go. This book answered that question and then some...It is! The author will take you through the process and tell you not only HOW... but WHY... KINDLE is worth any author's look. The tips and friendly advice on the indie business is worth the purchase, not to mention the KINDLE walk-thru. I give it a thumbs up!
R.W.P. Patterson
WINDWALKER DOES IT AGAIN June 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Stephen Windwalker has done it again. I bought the ebook version of this book; the print edition is available or will be soon for those of you that don't own a Kindle. He offers a comprehensive look at the ebook industry which has been around for years but has finally come of age thanks to the Amazon Kindle.
He gives sound advice for new and seasoned writers and important pointers to remember in the Internet age. He also provides great marketing tips to help writers market their own works. Also included are comments by several successful ebook writers--very helpful to read these stories and learn from their efforts.
As many Kindle owners know, the device is severely limited in displaying graphics. As a designer it didn't take me long to figure out ways to improve images to appear significantly better on the Kindle. I decided to publish my findings in an ebook. I searched Amazon for ebook guides and found several titles. Chapter 2 of this ebook was available as a separate article at the time and I bought it. I followed Windwalker's steps and in a few days my how-to book was completed! If you're a designer or know your way around Photoshop and would like to create your own ebook graphics, take a look at my ebook, Graphics on the Kindle.
This is the kind of ebook that you won't think of as a purchase but instead as a true investment in your book publishing future!
Very helpful article for serious writers March 12, 2008
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
My son is working on a series of articles aimed at niche markets for the Kindle, and he found this article provided exactly what he needed to get started, to think through how to focus particular content for a particular market, and to inspire him to have some faith in what he could accomplish by publishing in this forum.
Check here for a complete Table of Contents and Abstract March 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unfortunately the Kindle publishing platform allows very little space for bibliographic or descriptive information, so I am taking this opportunity not so much to rate this article as to offer substantive information on what you can expect. You may also want to check out the indieKindle website at http://indiekindle.blogspot.com
This article is excerpted from Stephen Windwalker's forthcoming book, Publishing and Marketing Books, Articles and Zines on Amazon's Digital Text Platform for the Kindle Reader: A Profitable Guide for Authors, Publishers and Zinesters (Harvard Perspectives Press, 2008).
ABSTRACT: You may be closer than you think to the point where you can be paid well and fairly for writing about topics that interest you. You can manage your own writing career and make it pay by writing material that people want to read and publishing it on the Amazon Kindle Digital Text Platform. Write well, make it relevant to the interests of a significant niche of readers, and optimize it for search, and you will be amazed at the money it can put in your pocket. Stephen Windwalker shares tips and tactics based on his own experience taking one article to the top of the Kindle bestseller list and two other articles into the top 300 during the first two months following the Kindle launch. Windwalker outlines a model by which a writer can be earning $75,000 annually by the end of his first year delivering content for the Kindle. About 4,000 words.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Thinking Outside the Box as a Writer
Skipping the Middleman: Why the Kindle Is Ideal for Short Pieces
Brainstorming and Selecting the Right Content
Optimize for Search: Helping Readers Find Your Content
Emphasize Quality
Linking to Revenue
Connecting to Your Kindle Titles from a Blog or Website
Maintaining the Currency of Your Articles
Pricing and Prosperity
A Few Final Tips
For More Information
Additional Bonus Material
Also by Stephen Windwalker
20 Steps to Publishing a Kindle Edition of Your Book or Document
Publishing Magazines and Other Periodicals For the Amazon Kindle: Publishing & Marketing Success for Zinesters & Publishers
The Amazon Kindle Basic Web Wireless Service: Why It Is a Revolutionary Feature, and Why Amazon Should Keep It Free or Cheap (Kindle Edition) (Paper Edition)
How to Use the Amazon Kindle for Email & Other Cool Tricks: Read and Answer Email Anywhere, Anytime on the Amazing Amazon Kindle (Kindle Edition) (Paper Edition)
Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's Marketplace and Other Online Sites (Kindle Edition) (Paper Edition)
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